BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - The top modern era seasonal attendance figures in the Southern
League looked a bit like a sandwich.

You had Birmingham on top, Pensacola at No. 10 and nothing but
Jacksonville in between.

But the Barons are changing the flavor of the top 10. Already, the Double-A
affiliate of the Chicago White Sox has claimed a second spot in the top 10 with
the action at the turnstiles of Regions Field.

Through Wednesday night's 10-8 loss to the Tennessee Smokies,
the Barons have an announced attendance of 365,083.
That's good for fifth in the top 10.

Jacksonville has eight of the top 10 attendance totals in the league. The Suns
were the best draw in 2003, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09 and 2010.

Pensacola's stay in the top 10 was short-lived. The Blue Wahoos were the top
draw in 2012 with 328,147.

The top attendance season already belongs to Birmingham. It
was the 1994 season when, aided by the arrival of Michael Jordan, the team drew
467,868.

Birmingham has an outside shot of reaching 400,000 this season. To do so,
the Barons would have to average 5,820 or their remaining six regular season home
dates.